These are the most inconsistent players in the playoffs, using +2 and -2 net points as delineation of good, average, and bad. - Highlighted players are still alive - Donovan Mitchell and De'Aaron Fox have been noticeably inconsistent - the first OKC player is at #81.

This is the net points timeline for last night's game - You can see Wemby's first quarter burst - See Keldon Johnson in the second half of Q3 - See De'Aaron Fox, mostly for comparison

Best and worst awards for the OKC win over the Lakers. - Ajay Mitchell gets MVP and Heater of the game - SGA gets the Contact Artist award - LeBron's double-double doesn't make the list espnanalytics.com/nba-box?id=2...

Donovan Mitchell's Q3 was the second best Q in the playoffs, best offensive Q, producing +10.2 Net Pts overall and +9.1 on offense. But... Mitchell actually did it in under 8 minutes and it was the best performance in a Q per minute all year (minimum 10 possessions). That's a steep yellow line

Embiid's perfect night shooting in combination with a +/- of -24 is rare. I found one case of at least 6 FGM&A, 20+ mins, and a worse +/- (Clint Capela, 2/11/22) in the last 8 years. The avg Net Pts for these players was +6.4. Embiid +1.4. Capela -4.0. espnanalytics.com/nba-box?id=2...

The NBA Draft Lottery is May 10. The NBA Draft Lottery *simulation* is right now. You can have it play out randomly and see the chances of different teams getting high picks. Or you can control the lottery. espnanalytics.com/nba-draft-lo...

Simulating the NBA Draft Lottery. The real one is May 10, but you can see the odds count down in this version. You can use this one on lottery day to see the odds change. www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...

OG Anunoby played 44 possessions in non-garbage time last night and had +15.7 total net points. - At +36.1, it was the most net points per 100 possessions in non-garbage time all year - Next best in playoffs is +23.0 (Paolo v CHA) - Next best overall is +35.0 (Grayson 11/10)

In terms of points off live turnovers, the Cavs survived one of the worst games this year, allowing 19 points off 8 live turnovers.

Yesterday's MVP, LVP, Spark Plug, Stopper, Hot Potato, and more espnanalytics.com/nba-daily-su...

In the NBA, the leading scorer for the team that wins a game averages +6.1 net points in that game. Just +1.7 for the leading scorer on the losing team. 95% of leading scorers on the team that won the game had positive net points Only 68% of leading scorers on losing teams did.

In the regular season, Cleveland won 83% of their games when Donovan Mitchell had positive net points. They won just 23% when he didn't. Last night, he was slightly negative and they won. espnanalytics.com/nba-box?id=2...

Watching the Q4 unraveling of the Celtics was fascinating. It was everyone, maybe a little more Brown. It was a slow train wreck. For Philly, Grimes, Maxey, and Embiid carried them steadily upwards.

Yesterday's heroes, MVPs, LVPs, juggernauts, and contact artists. espnanalytics.com/nba-daily-su...

Yesterday's best and worst - Jamal Cain appropriately got Rim Shaker. His dunk was after Detroit totally disrespected him on the inbounds. - As facilitators, Jokic went from #109 to #28, Cade went from #108 to #121. espnanalytics.com/nba-daily-su...

You can debate whether these last three games are Jokic's worst in a stretch. I went back to see if he had more than 3 bad games in a row and found one... right before the COVID pause. espnanalytics.com/nba-player-g...

Yesterday's best and worst. espnanalytics.com/nba-daily-su...

Just more stats about how incredible Wembanyama is: In his career, Wemby has led the league every year in effective FG% allowed on shots that he has contested. He has allowed 28% on shots he has contested. Next best (among those with 600 contests) is 32% (J Isaac).

Collin Murray-Boyles posted a team-best +5.3 net points in yesterday's win over Cleveland. Including playoffs, CMB has been the best rookie since January 1 on a per-minute basis, mostly on the strength of really good defense, like yesterday.

Summary of the Spurs-Blazers game by quarter

If you want to see how NBA players are doing in the playoffs, you can get their net points values from this page. Set it to playoffs and change the date as appropriate. You can do totals, per-gane, or per 100 possessions. espnanalytics.com/nba-award-le...

In recent years, Rudy Gobert's defense has taken a hit in the playoffs as teams played 5-out, drawing him from the middle. So far, Denver hasn't been able to solve Gobert as he has posted the most defensive net points in the playoffs. espnanalytics.com/nba-award-le...

As with Detroit's shocking loss, Boston's loss in G2 had a couple unusual player performances - White's 3rd worst game of the year - Pritchard's 2nd worst - VJ Edgecombe's 5th best

Yesterday's best and worst.

The awards for good and bad in the Atlanta 1-point victory over the Knicks. espnanalytics.com/nba-box?id=2...

Jalen Brunson does really well on offense at the *end of quarters*. He has the biggest difference in the league between his offense at the end of quarters (+7.3 Net Pts/100) vs at the start (-0.3).

In Game 1, the Magic had +11.8 offensive net points in transition, their 2nd best of the year. It was the Pistons' defensive worst of the year. In Game 2, Orlando's offense had -4.4 in transition, their fifth worst. It was the Pistons' defensive best of the year. espnanalytics.com/nba-team-4FA...

The 13-point advantage for the Hawks in Q4, broken down by who added (or subtracted) how much?

The Rockets had 21 offensive boards to the Lakers' 3 in Game 1. The Rockets lost, of course. I looked at how often a team outrebounded their opponents by 12+ net points and it was 75%. On the other hand, the Lakers won shooting by 30 net pts. Teams doing that won 100% this yr.

Overshadowed by Victor Wembanyama, but Deni Avdija had a good playoff debut, too, last night. espnanalytics.com/nba-box?id=2...

Jay Bilas keeps calling Tyrese Maxey a Speed Merchant. We called him "Speed Demon" in our rankings of best transition offensive players. espnanalytics.com/nba-award-le...

Stephon Castle got a lot better on offense this year. Here's how. - Half court 3s, where he went up 5% - Smaller effect: layups and FTs - Putback opportunities and transition both up - More assists were offset by more turnovers

Among players with 10+ passes for shots yesterday, LeBron had the 2nd lowest shot quality at 47%. His teammates outshot that, making 63% effective. (per GeniusIQ)

Looking ahead at Charlotte-Orlando. I looked at segments of the game and who played well/badly. The Hornets starters are good through most of Q1 The Magic starters have a lot of red in Q1, except Franz.

This is LaMelo's timeline to start the first play-in game. He was good, though the team was down. I felt like LaMelo started off games well and, sure enough, he is the best on offense in the NBA in the first 4 minutes of the game, adding +37 net pts on the year, +6.6 per 48 min.

At ESPN Analytics, we highlight the good awards most of the time. But last night's Orlando loss merits the bad ones, namely Banchero being bad. (Oubre and George mostly matched up on him and both did well. Not just a Draymond on him.) espnanalytics.com/nba-box?id=2...

Kawhi Leonard was worth -8.3 net points in the second half, a half they lost by 13, with 5 tovs and just 20% usage. He was worth -6.9 in a game they lost by 5, a threshold loss. Draymond held him to ZERO pts in his HC matchup in the 2nd half (GeniusIQ).

Top clutch offensive players from yesterday. Showing Herro's timeline, too, with making shots and drawing the 3pt foul. He wasn't great before then.

Phoenix-Portland. Players who can swing their play-in game. Portland's first round pick goes to Chicago if they get through the play-in games. Hopefully that has no impact.

Heat-Hornets Players who can swing the first round... We're still in the play-in, but Miller's inconsistency is relevant. Inconsistent as a favorite is dangerous.

Remember when LaMelo Ball "was open" to be traded and the market was supposedly weak ... back in November. The Hornets were 4-11. These were the numbers for their guys. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd9p...

Read this for the stars and the stats. But the best part may be top rookie in each category. Fascinating stuff!

This is the season version of what we do on a daily basis to measure the value of players in different categories. If you don't like it, blame me www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...

Two of the best lineups in the league are the starters for Charlotte and Atlanta. Neither was together when the season began. - 800+ poss for each - Both are outshooting opponents by 8+% on 3s, which is some reflection of luck, but they'd still be good.

I saw the highlights around Donovan Mitchell being great at the end of quarters, as he was last night. Well, last night was his best of the year, adding +2.7 net points in the last 8 s of quarters. But Mitchell is one of the best for the season, too.

The Lakers have to make up for the loss of those top two guys in this chart. LeBron has played well, +4.4 oNet Pts/48 min, without them. Even assuming that's stable, it makes up for AR, but not Luka. And someone else needs to step up.

A comparison for Yaxel Lendeborg came to mind last night: Obi Toppin. Both older power forwards who were great their draft year. I haven't checked the numbers on the similarity, but Obi's been about an average player.

I hadn't noticed that LeBron was taking so many of his shots from the left side of the floor, twice as many as from the right. Generally, though, getting most of his shot value at the rim.

Best players through the Men's NCAA Tournament, using total schedule-adjusted net points. - Cadeau's +7.0 net pts game last night propelled him into the top 5 - Yaxel had his worst game of the Tournament last night after some great ones.

Nickeil Alexander-Walker had a great game last night, but struggled down the stretch. His plot is in green here. It seems to be a this-year trend for him, too. Whereas Jalen Johnson has been good in the clutch, NAW has struggled.